Incompetent definition
An incompetent person.
noun
Lacking strength and sufficient flexibility to transmit pressure, thus breaking or flowing under stress.
adjective
Without adequate ability, knowledge, fitness, etc.; failing to meet requirements; incapable; unskillful.
adjective
Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
adjective
Not legally qualified.
adjective
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Lacking qualities necessary for effective conduct or action.
An incompetent manager.
adjective
Inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application.
adjective
Not functioning properly in the body.
An incompetent heart valve.
adjective
Not legally qualified, as testimony that does not meet the standards for admissibility or a juror whose personal interest in the outcome of the case does not allow him or her to serve.
adjective
Lacking sufficient mental ability or awareness.
A defendant incompetent to stand trial.
adjective
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Of evidence, that it is not admissible.
adjective
Of a witness, that he or she is not permitted to testify, on the grounds that his or her testimony is not relevant or is subject to some other disqualification.
adjective
The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
adjective
A person who is incompetent.
noun
The definition of incompetent is someone or something not qualified, inadequate or insufficient for a given purpose.
An example of incompetent is a person getting behind the wheel of a manual transmission car, who doesn't know how to drive with a stick shift.
adjective
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An incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
incompetent
Plural:
incompetentsOrigin of incompetent
- From French incompétent
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